luni, 30 mai 2016

BIG BANG marked the grand finale of Japan fan club event “BIG BANG FANCLUB EVENT ～FANTASTIC BABYS 2016～” on May 29 at Kobe World Memorial Hall. The Arena tour has drawn total 280,000 fans to 27 events held in four cities.

BIG BANG held the fan meeting event for Japanese official fan club “VIP JAPAN” for the first time in two years, to spend a meaningful time with local fans. Notably, BIG BANG fascinated the audience with new format of contents in which fans can take part in, such as talk show, game, and live performance, as well as their brand-new performances that have never been unveiled so far.

Plus, BIG BANG proved their big influence in Japan, as Japanese top stars including EXILE’s Akira, Okamura Takashi, Hata Motohiro, Matsumoto Toshio, Mizuki Arisa, and Yamamoto Linda sent congratulatory messages for BIG BANG’s 10thanniversary of debut, in the fan club tour.

In the meantime, BIG BANG will hold live concerts in celebration of their 10th anniversary on July 29, 30, and 31 at Osaka Yanma Stadium, to draw total 165,000 fans.

Plus, Seungri came back to the TV drama scene in Japan in “HiGH & LOW Season 2” that was first aired on NTV on April 23. He also acts in film “HiGH & LOW the Movie” that will be released on screen on July 16, to officially debut as a movie actor in Japan.

Beginning from the website that celebrates the 10th anniversary of debut, BIG BANG will unveil the 10th anniversary projects one by one in Korea as well.

2016 has been a particularly busy year for YG Entertainment, and we had Yang Hyun Suk, the CEO of YG Entertainment, talk about SECHS KIES, 2NE1, BIG BANG, and YG’s new girl group.

Recently, YG signed a contract with Eun Ji Won, Kang Sung Yoon, Kim Jae Duk, Jang Su Won, and Lee Jae Jin and promised that they would provide full support for SECHS KIES in holding concerts and releasing albums. SECHS KIES reunited through MBC’s Infinite Challenge. Last April, YG also announced that their contract with Minzy has been terminated, and thus, 2NE1 will be a three-member group.

On top of this, YG will be launching a new girl group in July and hold events to celebrate the 10th anniversary of BIG BANG’s debut. 2016 has been and will be a hectic year for YG.

– The comeback of SECHS KIES has become quite an issue.“I always feel that showing something new is important. You can’t get stuck on the past. These days, it’s all about contents. SECHS KIES can’t rely on their old fans forever. I’ve called Park Keun-tae myself and asked him to write a new song for SECHS KIES. SECHS KIES has a lot of great songs and having them sing in only YG style is not a good idea.”

– Why did you delay their June concert?“I wanted SECHS KIES’ performance to be great. It hasn’t been long since SECHS KIES joined YG, so we needed more preparation time. I personally oversee everything about their concert.”

– When are you going to give us some information about YG’s new girl group?“We will reveal the members of the new girl group one by one starting form this week. But the total number is still a secret.”

– YG is launching a new girl group for the first time in seven years. Are you confident?“They all have been trainees for a long time. Their talent is guaranteed. I trained them hard. I told them people have high expectations as they are YG’s first girl group in seven years. I feel pressure sure, but I’m also confident.”

– Is Teddy the producer of the new girl group?“Yes. Teddy is my right arm, and he was the one that made 2NE1 a success. He is good in girl group music.”

– What will happen to 2NE1?“I have a lot of affection for 2NE1 as they are YG’s first successful girl group. I’m still considering whether to recruit a new member or leave it as it is. Nothing has been decided yet.”

– BIG BANG’s 10th anniversary guerrilla concert has been cancelled. Do you have any back up plans?”“It was supposed to be a big surprise, but because of the leak (by the media), the concert has lost its meaning. We are currently going over other plans.”

seungriseyo: 2016年 Bigbang ‘fantastic Baby’ fan meeting! お疲れ様でした！ この二ヶ月間 #vipjapan の皆さんとまた大切な思い出作られたと思いまして幸せです皆さんとゲーム、トーク、ライブなどいろんなことができてメンバーとの絆も強くなりVipjapanの皆さんの愛をまた確かめたファンミだったと思います、僕達は10周年もライブで5人揃って戻って来ます！また会うの楽しみにします！(Year 2016 Bigbang ‘fantastic Baby’ fan meeting! Thank you for all the hard work! We have created many wonderful memories with #vipjapan for the past 2 months and I felt very fortunate. Our interactions in the fan meeting with everyone through game, talk, live and various activities, not only strengthen the bonds between the members but has also once again proven the love that VIP Japan has for us! The 5 of us will gather and perform together for our 10th anniversary! Looking forward to meeting everyone again!)

On May 27, YG Entertainment announced that it had received a 100 billion won (about $85 million) investment from Chinese internet corporation Tencent and the mobile ticketing company Weiying.

The YG representative, Yang Min Suk, revealed that he intends to meet with Suman Wang, the executive in charge of Tencent’s video, film, and drama department, and Weiying representative Ning Lin at the Seoul Hyatt Hotel on May 31.

Tencent and Weiying are contributing $30 million and $55 million respectively and owning 4.5 per cent and 8.2 percent of YG’s shares. They are the third and fourth largest shareholders behind LVMH Group (Louis Vuitton) and L Capital.

YG stated, “Our company has seen a 30 per cent increase in sales over the past decade. In continuing this growth, we’ve determined that increasing business in China is important. This partnership with Tencent and Weiying is the result of a year-long search for partnerships. We are planning to build joint ventures with China in the future and increase promotions and concerts in China for our artists.”

The first official trailer for the movie will be shown in June at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Shooting has finished.

Löhne/Bad Oeynhausen (WB). The filming of the German-Chinese Action-Film with the working title “Out of Control” have finished. The production company Action Concept has confirmed this on request. Part of the production has been done on the future A30 (motorway).

By Malte Samtenschnieder

After kicking of the filming of the movie »Out of control« in February, the team of the production company Action Concept filmed further scenes on the future A30 motorway in April. On the photo above you can see the main actor Choi Seung-hyun with the Löhner cable-stayed bridge. Photo by Tom Trambow/Action Concept.

“The last filming day was on May 20th. Action Concept and the whole team for ›Out of control‹ are very satisfied as all went according to plan”, says Action Concept speaker Magdalena Pelc in a conversation with the newspaper. As reported previously, 46 filming days were planned in Cologne, Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Cochem, Berlin, Aldenhoven as well as the future A30 motorway in Löhne and Bad Oeynhausen. The budgget for this modern Hightech-Action-Adventure is in a two-digit million area.

The elaborate staged explosion at the Löhner cable-stayed bridge are one of the key moments in the German-Chinese Action Film. These scenes were already filmed at the end of February. Photo: Tom Trambow/Action Concept

To start the filming at the end of February a elaborate staged explosion at the Löhner cable-stayed bridge was on the plan. Many stuntmen by the production company Action Concept were involved. The main actor Choi Seung-Hyun from South Korea and the main actress Cecilia Cheung from Hong Kong took part in the April continuation of the shooting and only then joined the set at the future A30 (motorway).

After finishing the actual filming, Magdalena Pelc outlines that postproduction begins. Postproduction is also being undertaken by Action Concept who is responsible. “The movie is expected to be finalized by the beginning of November and will then be forwarded to Dreams of Dragons Pictures”, explains the speaker. Dreams of Dragons Pictures is the Chinese partner of the German production company from Hürth nearby Cologne.

During postproductions special effects will be included. For example the explosion scene at the Löhner cable-stayed bridge will be extended to show the bridge fully destroyed. Another step will be to completely dub the movie into Mandarin Chinese. As “every actor speaks their own mother tongue during filming”, which is what Tobias Knubel mentioned in his exclusive Interview with the newspaper in the beginning of April.

In a tunnel scene the main actress Cecilia Cheung is holding onto one of the stretch limousines. The scenes at the entrance of the tunnel was filmed in Bad Oeyenhausen, the remaining bits in Cologne. Photo: Tom Trambow/Action Concept

At least a first trailer of the Cyber-Action movie will be finalised shortly. It will be shown at the 19th International Shanghai Film Festival in June. “The movie is expected to come into cinemas in China in December”, underlines Magdalena Pelc. When the international production will possibly be shown in Germany is still open.

A central role in the Action-Adventure next to main actors Cecilia Cheung and Choi Seung-Hyun are 30 stretch limousines. With the help of a computer virus, the cyber criminal (Michael Trevino) takes control over the luxurious cars. Important parts of the showdown between good (Cecilia Cheung and Choi Seung-Hyun) and bad (Michael Trevino) were filmed on the not yet open motorway A30.

joi, 26 mai 2016

Lee Hi reveals her hidden swag while playing the classic “random play dance” game on “Weekly Idol”!

Lee Hi guests on May 25’s episode of “Weekly Idol,” and is tasked with dancing to clips of her own tracks as the show’s crew quickly switches them up to try to catch her making a choreography mistake. As her choreography is fairly simple, Lee Hi ends up showing off more of her vocal talents than dancing as she sings along. The hosts laugh at the crew’s disappointment that she’s doing so well, because she seems sure to win the game.

To kick things up a notch and try to catch her in a mistake, the crew starts playing BIG BANG’s “Fantastic Baby,” but Lee Hi quickly jumps right into dancing along to her label mate’s hit track.

When the song suddenly switches to “Bang Bang Bang,” hosts Defconn, Hani, and Heechul are surprised by her sudden swag as she shows off her moves!